XXVI. izosA^CE^: cotonea'ster. 



407 



of Jura, and in other parts of the Alps of Switzerland ; and in cultivation 

 in British gardens since 1759. 



^ 3. C. (v.) laxiflo'ra Jacq. The loose-flowered Cotoneaster 



Identification. Jacq. ex Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1305 ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 604. 

 Engravings. Bot. Keg., t. 1305. ; and our Jigs. 739. and 740. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves oblong, obtuse at both 

 ends, smooth above, and woolly beneath. 

 Cjmes panicied, pilose. Calyxes quite 

 smooth. Flowers pink. (^Don's Mill.) 

 Branches brownish purple, with an ash- 

 coloured cuticle, which peels off. A de- 

 ciduous shrub, flowering in April, and having 

 the same general appearance and habit as C. 

 vulgaris, but diflfering from it in having large 

 loose racemes.and in the colour of its flowers, 

 and their greater number. It was raised in 

 the Garden of the Horticultural Society, 

 from seeds sent by Professor Jacquin of 

 Vienna, in 1826. Its native country is 



739. C. (v.)lai:iflora. 



unknown. 



C. (T.) laiirtora. 



Varietr/. 



^ C. (v.) I. 2 unijldra Fischer.- 

 Garden. 



-Flowers solitary. Horticultural Society's 



s * 4. C. DENTicuLA^TA. The toothed-leavcd Cotoneaster. 



Identfication. H. et B., vol. vi. p. 214. 



Engravings. H. et B., vol. vi. t. 5.56. ; and our fig. 741. 



Spec Char. , Sfc. Leaves elliptic, or obovate-elliptic, 

 rounded on both sides, mucronate-cuspidate, den- 

 ticulate at the apex, coriaceous, smooth above, 

 tomentose, pubescent and hoary beneath. Co- 

 rymbs simple. Flowers sub-dodecandrous, with 

 1 2 stigmas. Calyx woolly tomentose. (i/. et 

 B.) A shrub, apparently sub-evergreen, and vevy 

 like C. vulgaris. Mexico, on elevated plains 

 near Actopa, at the height of 6000 ft. Height 

 ?5ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 1839. Flowers 

 white ; September. Fruit ?. Raised in the Hor- 

 ticultural Society's Garden from seeds sent home 

 by M. Hartweg. 



741. C. denticuljtta. 



ii. Suh-evergreen or deciduous. Tall Shrubs or low Trees. 



5. C. fri'gida Wall. 



The frigid Cotoneaster 



Idenlification. Wall, ex Lindl. Bo*. Reg., t. 1229. ; nd Don's Mill., 2. p. 604. 



Synonyme. Pyrus Niissia Ham. in Prod. Fl. Nep. p. 237., Dec. Prod. 2. p. 6.34. 



Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1229. ; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., vol. vi. ; and ourfig. 742. 



Spec. Char., c^c. Branchlets woolly. Leaves elliptical, mucronate, coriaceous, 

 crenulated, glabrous, woolly beneath when young. Corymbs paniculate, 

 terminal, white, and woolly. Pomes spherical. (Dec. Prod.) A sub-ever- 

 green shrub or low tree. Nepal, on the higher mountains of the northern 

 region. Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1824.. Flowers of a snowy 

 white, produced in great abundance ; April and May. Fruit crimson, or 

 bright red ; ripe in September, and generally remaining on the trees great 



' part of the winter. 



, A remarkably robust-growing, sub-evergreen, low tree, producing shoots 3 or 

 w feet long every season, when young ; and, in 3 or 4 years from the seed, 

 "becoming very prolific in Howers ana fruit. As the fruit, with the greater part 



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